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pinkfey · 1 year

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wip wednesday :D

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have a depressing oddly interpreted take on the taint affecting alistair and rowena 😘

The taint came for his hands first.

A side effect of days spent clutching a sword and shield no doubt. His veins went fast, running black and blue overnight. He didn't like looking at them, but Rowena traced them over every night. Hardened bones were next. Protruding metacarpals and thinned knuckles and a noticeable creak in the mornings. Then the pain began. The ache. Days where his joints stiffened to stone, where a grasp clenched too tight refused to come undone, where splaying fingers to their fullest extent proved too much.

Rowena often caught him staring at his hands in the corner of her eye. Busy hands, curious hands, hands made to fidget and gesture and move above all else, now immobile. His worry token went untouched for months, as did many of the things he loved to hold. Flowers in the garden. The mabari's paws. Rowena.

There was a time when Alistair couldn't keep his hands off of her. Affection of the physical kind was a bright and shiny concept and it took time for him to adjust. Rowena could touch him anywhere, after all. It came easy to her, the affection, the initiation. His cheek, his chin, his collarbone--anywhere would do. Eventually, he came to reciprocate. Tentatively at first, as if asking for permission, but confidence came with the security of her affection. Touch became a comfort. A hand around her waist, on her jaw, in her hair. Anywhere would do.

It couldn't have been more different now. He shied away when she reached for his arm to hold, twitched when she kissed his neck in the mornings. Evening baths became sparser until they no longer existed at all, and this Rowena could hardly bear--facing this truth that the old rituals had died, so she clung to the last of them.

No amount of massage relieved the pain, but Rowena would be damned if she didn't try. Nightly, he let her take his hands in her own.

It was a relief each time to see that despite the Taint, Alistair's hands were still his own, broad and square-fingered and devastatingly gentle. Calloused on the underside and scarred by his earliest days with a blade, too young and eager to know any better. And those nights by the firelight, nights where she took his palm in her hands and massaged the ache away, she could see that Alistair's hands were still freckled, just barely. The sun could still shine on him and leave honeyed kisses against his skin and this was one thing the taint could never take. No darkspawn could take the sun.

The night she realized this, she wept silently. She'd stopped him before he could speak, pressed his freckled hand to her cheek before he could pull away, and whispered, "Bathe with me."

Months later, the taint came for her.

For Rowena, it was her vision and it was swift. [reduntant fix this queen lol]

#in my universe the taint wastes away the physical thing you rely on the most #eventually everything is corrupted but it's always your most used ability first #so chronic pain takes alistair's hands and near blindness comes for rowena #spoiler alert unless in da4 they somehow resolve the cure for the calling rowena dies first <3 teehee #SO anyways alistair becomes a lil distant not because he's like. being cold with her. but because like #the insecurity of touch returned. the hesitation. asking if this is okay because of the unspoken recognition that the end is on its way #and he really doesn't know how to deal with that. never knew how to prepare for that #when he cups her face and sees the darkened veins on his wrists and all he can think of is how they can't have this for much longer #that's just!! a lot to handle!! and he needs the reassurance but doesn't know how to communicate it because he lost the ability to ask #aka touch #the bathing part is especially difficult bc ofc evidence of the taint's corruption had spread beyond his hands atp #and he'd have to bare his whole body in front of her and that's like. so vulnerable. when ur dealing w all that #this is probably rlly obvious but sjhdjhfhdjfhjd #i like having aging being a significantly important thing in alistair and rowena’s relationship #the tragedy of it all #how gaining weight and wrinkles is so bittersweet #because on one hand they’re growing old together and god can u believe they made it here #but on the other it’s the telltale sign the calling is nearing and it’s just like #okay how much time do we have left. how much time do we have left. how much time do we have left.#how can we enjoy what we have when we want so much more. gray hair and children and arthritis. we’re so weary and we’re so young.#tag game #writing*#x: a soft epilogue #ch: rowena cousland

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cadavertrolls · 1 year

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😱🌙 for my favorite corn nun

😱: Do you get scared easily? Or are you the one scaring people? Can you name something that really scared you before in the past or currently?

✟I used to get scared quite easily... but I don't have many things to fear anymore. I know He will protect me if I'm ever in danger, He has done it before...✟

✟I believe sometimes I accidently scare people, I have a bad habit of walking very silently and not announcing my presence until it's too late, haha... I don't mean for it to happen, but it causes some chuckles when it does. The last part will cross over with the next question, so I will carry on.✟

🌙: What's your favorite ghost story or Halloween legend if any? Do you believe in it or do you think it's all just a story? So you have any spooky stories to share? Of so mind sharing one with us?

✟Near where I grew up there's a large, expansive part of land thats completely barren of living fauna. I'd say around ten acres of land where the only things you'll see are bare trees, thick bramble, and evergreen that's ochre from root rot...✟

✟We were warned never to go too deep into the lot, too many trolls have gone in and were never seen again. What exactly we were told lived there varied, but commonly we were given a description of a horse-like demon that summoned arms to drag you into the dirt, burying you alive.✟

✟The reality is much, much worse... so much worse. I've seen it, It was what took my lusus a when I was young. He had gotten us lost while we trying to find a river to bathe in. A simple wrong turn brought us face to face with a beast that has branded itself into my memory.✟

✟The first thing I saw were two orange glowing eyes in the distance, rapidly approaching with hoofbeats that sounded like thunder and felt like tremors. It was huge... from the ground to the head of the horse portion was at least 9 feet tall, the coat of it almost completely blended into the dark and it didn't have a normal head. It was a skull, and the mouth was agape and breathing out thick umber smoke... steam... the eyes produced the same substance and so did the neck. Not the neck of the horse, no... but the thing fused on the back. An emaciated troll torso with no lower half, long bony arms with equally bony hands and spindly fingers that dragged along the ground like an anchor until it got close enough to reach out and snatch my lusus right up.✟

✟I just turned heel and sprinted while I heard loud ripping and his shrieking getting quieter and quieter... when I thought I could stop running that's when I heard the hoofbeats again. I didn't run for much longer after that, maybe 10 more seconds before my legs gave out, and would you believe it? I had ran right up to the shore of the river we were looking for. I collapsed into the shallows and just... dragged my self deeper. I didn't have the energy to swim completely across, but I drowned it was preferable to whatever that thing could do to me.✟

✟I didn't get far, no more a few feet from land when the thing finally caught up to me but it stopped dead in it's tracks right on the gravel and just stared at me... it wouldn't go in the water, not even a few steps to stomp on me, nor did it try to grab me even though it could with ease. I couldn't move, we stared at eachother for what felt like hours before it just chuffed at me, like it was admitting defeat and just trotted off back to where it came.✟

✟I learned much later people called it The Hessian... and no one seemed to believe me when I told my story even though that was the most terrified I've ever been in my life.✟

#answered #memurfevur #st.sovi text #long post #spoiler alert #ikabod text #for the second question :)#teehee

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blue-jisungs · 1 year

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so i had a request but i feel like it's kinda dumb....how would stray kids react to you meeting and getting along with their siblings.

like chan has hannah and lucas, changbin's older sister, han's older brother, felix's sisters racheal and olivia, seungmin's older sister and jeongin and his two brothers

but then it would leave out lee know and hyunjin

soooooooooo

getting along with their siblings/pets ♡

a/n. i’m so sorry you had to wait for so long i remember when you even dmd me about it😭😭😭 i’m so so sorry!! hope you enjoy it though <3

also ywah, i didn’t want to leave out those who don’t have siblings so i just put their pets because well, they are family too <3

┆彡 CHAN [ 찬 ]

hannah. she’s an icon, she’s an legend and she IS the moment

tbh you just clicked the moment you met and chan knew he’s screwed

because she dragged you to her room and you barely left it because YOU WERE GOSSIPING WITH HER

she told you his embarrassing childhood stories and you swore they almost got into a fight over you (#siblingthings)

but he caught you two filming some tiktoks and his heart melted

like okay she’s his younger sister of course she’s a pain in the ass but he was relieved to see that you’re getting along well

maybe a little too well, even

and hannah likes you to this point that she threatened him that if you ever break up she’s blocking him everywhere??

and when it comes to lucas idrk him

but i feel like he’d get along with you well too

bc you know, to tease his brother as well teehee

but also you’re just so funny like that and he actually likes hanging out with you :”)

┆彡 MINHO [ 민호 ]

he doesn’t have siblings but he has cats 🙏

and he was kind of anxious if they’re going to like you bc then he’d be torn who to choose… you… or cats…

so when you first step into his parents place and dori, soonie and doongie sprinted towards him, he’s frozen

they are slowly sniffing you too, you’re looking at him frightened

then they just go to kitchen bc they’re hungry lol 😭

but once the oldest sniffs you and even sits on your lap, the others accept you as a part of their lil family

and minho is just standing there, heart jumping out of his chest and he’s this close 🤏 from running to grab a camera

bc he’s just so in love :(

however you stumbled upon some relationship problems with soonie 💔

worry not! minho is here to get you two on friendly terms again💪

will show you where are his fav petting spots and will even let you feed him extra feeds

he wants you to be friends again, okay? he can bend some feeding rules for such critical situations

spoiler alert: you are on good terms with soonie after this (minho teases that it’s the extra snacks but deep down he believes that soonie knows how important you are to him)

┆彡 CHANGBIN [ 창빈 ]

bare with me because i don’t know NOTHING about his sister, even her name 💀

but i feel like changbin would be kinda anxious. will she like you? will you like her?

he just knows this and that about girls’ friendships and he really hopes you two will get along well

esp that she’s older

turns out you get along well. too well.

teasing changbin really made it easier for you two

he’d be like “how are my two fav people in the world doing–?”

“sup gimli”

and he doesn’t even question how you came up with that since currently you and his sister are rolling on the floor rn

but he’d really melt if he saw you napping together on a couch after an all nighter…

…or whenever he’d catch his sister pulling a blanket over you when you fall asleep on your desk bc you were studying all night :(

(even though he teases her later about it bc it’s “his job as your bf”)

┆彡 HYUNJIN [ 현진 ]

another siblingless person but he’s a dad at least!!?

same story as lino’s🤓

he’d really want kkami to like you :(

he’d look up in google something like “wiki how to make my dog like my gf”

🧍‍♀️

tbh kkami loved you the second you walked in

hyunjin walked into the room and went “aww give me a kiss i missed you sm!!”

but kkami ran straight to you, sniffling all over and waving his tail

hyunjin let out a dramatic gasp as he licked all over your face, tail swooshing like crazy

you bet he will be all pouty when kkami crawls up and cuddles or naps in your lap, not his

but honestly he’s glad he likes you :”)

he sometimes has troubles falling asleep when you’re laying in bed together and kkami is sleeping in between your legs… BCS ITS SO DAMM CUTE AND DOMESTIC AND HE WANTS TO BITE HIS FIST TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM SCREAMING!!!

┆彡 JISUNG [ 지성 ]

another one that we don’t know much of

anxious pt 2

he’s scared 1) if he’s gonna like you 2) if you’re going to like him 3) if he’s not gonna act weird

and well, honestly speaking your beginnings weren’t too… joyful

it was awkward as hell

han wanted to run away

but then you were like “uh so i heard you were the reason why han stopped believing in santa–?”

and boom

suddenly you know more about jisung thank you thought you did

for example (now hold your breath i am being dead serious) you got to see with your own eyes. one of the last evidence. relicts even. that han jisung is not, in fact, an alien that spawned at the age of 13.

mhm, that’s right.

his brother had a picture of baby han and you just laughed your ass off because how silly he looked

and han, who was standing literally next to you, was just 🧍‍♀️

anyways jisung kind of regretted introducing you to him anyways

┆彡 YONGBOK [ 용복 ]

i’m… how do i say this…

felix honestly knew that his sisters will like you. duh, love you

so it was just a matter of meeting them

but he did not expect them to just… kind of act like you knew each other since birth

(the truth was olivia reached to you through tiktok and then created a gc with you and rachel… like three years before you actually met in australia)

(AND felix did not know shit about it)

so you can just imagine how flabbergasted he was when the girls saw you and literally flew to hug you

“olivia, rachel this is–“

“we know, now go away we have an urgent matter to discuss” his younger sister shooed him away, leaving felix speechless as you giggled and waved at him

mans didn’t see you for DAYS like :”) they kinda kidnapped you and you spent time with them and lemme tell you… it was so fun 😭

“i’m kinda jealous… give me y/n back?!” felix laughed once, grabbing your left wrist

“no, she’s ours!! 🥹” rachel huffed grabbing your right wrist

good luck solving that.

┆彡 SEUNGMIN [ 승민 ]

tbh he doesn’t care?? like he’s aware that some people tend to like each other, some not

so it would be natural if you didn’t get along with his sis, he’d understand that

but - unfortunately for him - you did get along

okay it was a bit awkward at first

she’s like “what’s your interest in my brother 😐”

and while you’re SWEATING trying to explain you’re his gf and just madly in love and just simply explaining how you have no bad intentions

seungmin is loving it, laughing his ass off

bug then suddenly his sister is like

“if he ever makes you cry just call me, okay? i’ll take care of him ☺️☺️☺️”

oh how the turn tables, now you’re the one laughing

his sister would be really kind and love to hang out with you

“you’re like the younger sibling i never had!” once was what she said and seungmo just deadpanned, glaring daggers at u

also his sis would demand random selfies of you two and then send one of her back, it became your little habit

she’ll sometimes still act cold to keep her “older sis” posture but she really has a soft spot for you

┆彡 JEONGIN [ 정인 ]

good luck, that’s all i’m gonna say

he has two brothers.

prepare for chaos because they are SO hyped he has a gf

and it’s their goal to embarrass the shit out of him

so jeongin brings you to a family dinner, it’s all fun until his younger brother offers you go on a walk with them

and i.n is just??

the second his parents aren’t in sight anymore, they bombard you with questions and fun facts abt him

“he snores so loudly doesn’t he?” “did you know he leaves his dirty clothes on the floor? like all the time?” “i bet he picks his nose when you don’t look–“

ans jeongin is just jumping at them like!??!

but you reassure them he’s actually not that bad 🙄

and later on when you come back from the walk, you’re playing mario kart and just having fun time

and your boyfriend just sits there like 😄 because he’s so happy they liked you

and oh boy, they treat you like you’re their BRO

that pisses him off a bit like 🙄

“have some respect for my gf” “she’s literally one of us what do you mean”

and you’re just there, having an all nighter with all of them while having games

they feel comfortable with you and that’s what makes jeongin forgive the…. uncultured behaviour… 👍

(“stop burping there’s a lady!” “lady my ass, i’m better than you at fifa–!”)

[ masterlist <3 ]

taglist. @geniejunn ,, @luvhyun3 ,, @starlostseungmin ,, @elviransworld ,, @jnks6r ,, @sieunsgf ,, @ethereallino ,, @laylasbunbunny ,, @duolingofanaccount ,, @slytherinhobi ,, @jung0ne ,, @ka-ni-ma ,, @iliveforlixie ,, @moonacholy ,, @ameliesaysshoo ,, @dazzlingligth ,, @mark-geolli ,, @l3visbby ,, @w3bqrl ,, @ddenoudepression ,, @yourfavoritefreakyhan ,, @cinnamoroxie ,, @gyudiarys

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Book 7: The Ruler of the Abyss – Chapter 7 (Part 1)

Following is part 1 of my translation of Chapter 7 of Book 7: The Ruler of the Abyss. This part contains Episode 7-101 to 7-106

Main storyline spoilers after the cut.

Episode 7-101

Silver: Y-You’re…!

Idia: Can’t start a boss raid without a tank, and now we’re all set to go. The opening act’s DONEZO. Time for the main event! Heehee!

Sebek: J-Just what on earth is going on here!? Have we awakened from the dream?

Idia: Nah, we're still in the dream, sorry. Well, it's not really a dream. It's just a magic domain that Malleus-Shi created. I mean, just look at that armor you're wearing, dude. No way you can take that into the real world with you. 'Cause it's not really real, it's just, like, "info".

Silver: W-Wait, how do you know all this? Do you remember what happened before we fell asleep?

Idia: Uhh, it's not that I remembered everything. It's just I got a good handle on what's going on, I guess you could say.

Yuu: What do you mean?

Idia: H-Hold your horses, I'll explain later. But first… uhmm.. Ahh… I haven't really ever talked to you guys, right? Name's Idia Shroud, I'm the dormwarden over at Ignihyde.

Sebek: Ah, that's it! I was wondering why you seemed so familiar. Now I remember, you are indeed Ignihyde's warden! You appeared in that strange, plank-like form at my orientation, and I dare say this is the first time we've ever properly met.

Idia: R-Right. I just remoted into your guys' orientation on my tablet.

Sebek: And I am Sebek Zigvolt of Diasomnia! A first year of Class D, student number 33! This dullard here is my dormmate, Silver! He is a second year!

Idia: G-geez he sounds like a friggin' air horn!! Feels like my eardrums are about to explode. Hard to believe Malleus-shi's ears aren't totally busted from having to listen to that all the time...

Silver: My apologies, Idia Senpai. We'll try to keep it down. Anyways, I don't think you have to worry about your eardrums, since we're inside a dream and all, but… Ah, that's right! Everyone, stay alert!! Idia Senpai, Grim, Yuu, get behind us!

Idia: Wait, wot? Why? AUGH! Ow ow ow! I'm getting squeezed to death in a meathead-and-armor sandwich!!

Grim: Huh? What's goin' on, Silver?

Silver: Now that Idia Senpai's awake, it's only a matter of time before the Darkness appears and tries to lull him into a deeper sleep.

Grim: Crap, yer right! An' ya know what else… I bet Malleus is gonna pop up any second now and go into his stupid "HaVe yOu aWaKeNeD!?" spiel!

Sebek: The Darkness aside, I fear without Sir Lilia's aide our odds against Lord Malleus are… Nay, that matters not! Be it the Darkness or the Young Lord, we shall defeat whatever stands in our path!

Idia: Ohmigod I'm gonna die… I can't… breathe…!

???: So sorry to rain on your guys' parade, but… There's no need to worry about Malleus Draconia-san or that wiggly black stuff right now. It's likely Malleus-san is currently engaged with pouring his "resources" into keeping Lilia Vanrouge-san asleep.

Grim: Hey, that sounds like Ortho! Boy am I glad you're here, I thought we mighta lost ya back in the dream corridor. Where are you, anyway?

Ortho: Teehee, sorry for all the worry. Unfortunately, I'm unable to join you guys in big brother's dream without it causing some major problems, so we'll just have to talk through this monitor feed for now. Sorry. Anyways… My big brother appears to be suffering from oxygen deficiency judging by the pallor of his face, so could you please give him some space?

Silver: Ack, I'm so sorry!

Idia: *gasps for breathe* Uwaaaah!!! A-Another second and I was about to get yeeted into the Underworld… T-Thanks, Ortho.

Sebek: Oi, what was all that gibberish about Lord Malleus pouring "resources" into Sir Lilia?

Idia: Yeah, yeah, we're getting there. Ortho, could ya give 'em a recap?

Ortho: Roger that, big brother! I guess I'll start with how me and big brother know this is all just a dream… So on the day of Lilia-san's going away party, Malleus-san cast a spell that put all of Sage's Island to sleep… Or better said, he froze all of spacetime here. But by transforming into data and utilizing a connection I established with a communication satellite, I was able to escape.

Everyone: Communication satellite!?

Grim: The heck were ya able to do that!?

Ortho: Hehehe, it's because I'm unique! I may not be able to develop a Unique Magic, since I'm not a mage… But I was able to transmit my consciousness and my soul to a communication satellite using radio waves, and I then transferred myself into a different body. And that's something only I can do, ya know?

Sebek: I am loathe to admit it… But the technical advances that humans have brought forth truly are astounding.

Silver: Right. You and me could train and train, but we'll never be able to do what Ortho just did. He truly is unique.

Ortho: Hehheh, I'd love to hear you guys compliment me some more… But I'll get back to the story. Once I made it to Styx, I got my hands on a brand new gear.

Sebek: Styx…. 'Tis the organization that administrates the Isle of Lament, as I recall Sir Lilia explaining to us before.

Ortho: Correct. And then I worked together with Styx to infiltrate the island, so we could analyze Malleus-san's Unique Magic… Fae of Maleficence.

Episode 7-102

(A little while after Ortho and the KB-RS units departed for Sage's Island)

Ortho: This is Ortho reporting. I have reached the aerial perimeter of Sage's Island together with KB-RS01 and 02. We are now en route to the penetration point. The island's still pretty far away, but my magical energy and blot concentration sensors are going crazy. This is just like when the gates to the Underworld opened up… No, it'll be okay. I've got this new gear mom made for me, and the KB-RS units are here with me, too.

KB-RS01 / 02: Grrrr…. Woof woof!!

Ortho: This is Ortho reporting. We have reached the penetration point. Now making final preparations for descent.

Chief: Roger that. Good luck!

Ortho: Now deploying magical barrier infiltration mode. Activating counter-spell barrier. KB-RS units, deploy slicer modules and activate your ethereal slicers! Now initiating operation "Infiltrate Sage's Island"!

Ortho: Dammit, looks like this isn't going to be easy… KB-RS units! Keep on the attack!

Chief: We need to cover for Ortho. All battleships, aim your magical cannons at the barrier!

Operator A: All magical cannons are at full output! Firing in five seconds…. 3…2…1!

Chief: Fire!!

Ortho: The vines are all gathering together in that one spot to protect the island!! Looks like we should be able to get in over there, where the vines aren't so concentrated. Let's go, KB-RS units! Ethereal slicers at maximum output! We're gonna cut our way in!!

Operator A: Ortho has successfully infiltrated the barrier.

Head Engineer: …That takes care of the first hurdle. The next problem will be getting him out of there. He's only got twenty minutes before that gear loses power.

Chief: Right. Let's make sure we're prepared for whatever happens. Hurry up and get those cannons reloaded!

Staff Members: Yes, Sir!

Head Engineer: Come back safe and sound, you hear… Or-kun!!!

Episode 7-103

Ortho: ….We did it! We're inside the domain! And thanks to my counter-spell barrier, the spacetime aberrations here aren't affecting me at all.

(Time until loss of power: 20:00)

Ortho: Deploying analysis anchors!! Now running analysis! Woah, this magic is super complex… It'll take a good 17 minutes just to analyze the spell's formulation and save all this data. We'll be cutting it close, but we can make it. Just have to keep the anchors safe until the analysis is done….

(Purple lightning strikes)

???: My, my… And I was wondering just what slipped into my domain.

(Malleus appears in a column of green fire)

Malleus: Let's see here, you're… You look awfully different, but you're Little Shroud, correct?

Ortho: Malleus Draconia-san…!!! You're… So you really did overblot.

KB-RS01: Grrrr!!!

Malleus: Shouldn't you be fast asleep back at Diasomnia?

Ortho: Heh, sorry about that. But that body in the dorm lounge is nothing but a tin can now. I was able to use the wireless network to escape. Thing is, I'm an autonomous AI constructed from data, so I-… Actually, you probably won't understand even if I explain it, huh.

Malleus: In other words, you slipped out of your body, like a ghost, and found yourself a new vessel… Is that right?

Ortho: Oh, wow! That's a very fae-ish way of interpreting data transfer! But yeah, you got it. As long as there's radio waves available, I can go pretty much anywhere. …Even to the furthest reaches of space! I saw you used your magic to block off the submarine cables, but you never even thought about the satellites, didja? Magic is the power of imagination. And you can't bring to life or fight against something you don't understand. And that's exactly what I am - I'm not made out of quantum particles our spiritual energy or anything like that, I'm data. You seriously need to consider upping your security protocols! Personally, I recommend implementing UTM within your barrier.

Malleus: You-tee-em? What in the world is that supposed to stand for, I wonder.

Ortho: What the- You don't even know what that is, either? Geez. See, this is exactly why you got outwitted by your Kouhai like this. Doesn't matter if you're one of the top give mages in the world, or how ancient this spell is… You're no big deal. You'll never be able to put me to sleep with your magic!

Malleus: Heh, I see… In that case… I'll just have to smash you to pieces then, you little automaton.

Ortho: Go ahead and try! You'll see just how strong Styx… Just how strong the most advanced human technology in the world is!

Ortho (thinking): Malleus-san doesn't appear to view the analysis anchors as a threat. There's thirteen minutes left until they'll be ready… I need to buy us some time!

Malleus: My sincerest apologies, but uninvited guests really aren't welcome here. I'll be escorting you out now.

Episode 7-104

Malleus: You have my praise, it's quite astounding you've been able to maintain your sanity within my domain for this long. However… Is this really supposed to be the pinnacle of human invention? How pathetic! You haven't managed to lay even a finger on me this whole time. Fufufu…. Ahahhaha!

Ortho (thinking): Damnit! It's like everything in the domain is bending to Malleus-san's will. I don't think our attacks are even hitting him, let alone having any effect. It's like he's got this whole place in the palm of his hand…!

Malleus: Now then, let us cease with these childish games.

(Malleus explodes one of the KB-RS units)

Ortho: 01!!

Ortho (thinking): There's only 30 seconds left until the analysis is complete… Come on, we're almost there!!

Malleus: My, you look awfully pale. Do even machines feel fear? It's alright, I'll ensure you won't feel a thing when I shatter you.

Ortho (thinking): 20 seconds left… Please, hurry up, anchors! Hurry!!

Malleus: Sweet dreams, Little Shroud.

Ortho (thinking): I failed… I'm so sorry, mom and dad!

(Malleus freezes for a second and then looks confused)

Malleus: !!!

Ortho: !?

Malleus: Tsch, I missed.

Ortho (thinking): What… just happened? It's like he froze for a second there. Kind of like when a CPU overloads and gets a processing failure.

(an alarm beeps)

Analysis Anchor: Analysis complete. Data has been saved to the crypto memory core.

Ortho: 02! Get all the anchors and retreat! NOW!!

KB-RS02: Grrrr!!

Malleus: How bothersome. You're nothing more than a fly buzzing around my face…Away with you!

(Malleus explodes the other unit)

Ortho: 02! Argh… But thanks to 02 distracting him, the anchors are safe. All I have to do now is get them out of here…!

(The ground starts to shake)

Malleus: …What is it now? You fools just don't know when to stop!

Ortho: This is…!

Episode 7-105

Operator B: KB-RS01 and 02 are down! 45 seconds until Ortho loses power!

Head Engineer: …He still has enough time and power to escape the domain. Don't give up!! All autopilot Charon units, activate Termination Mode! Do whatever it takes to get Ortho out of there!

Chief: All battle ships, concentrate power into the magical cannons! Raise the output and don't stop firing!!

Technician: W-We've already reached maximum output! If we go any higher, the generators are going to get fried!

Chief: I don't care! As long as we can give him some time, even ten seconds or three seconds, it doesn't matter. We just need to have Malleus concentrate on defending the barrier! Now take aim and fiiiiiire! Fire, fire fire!

Ortho: It's Styx! They're giving me backup! Now's my chance! Magical slicer, full buuurst!

Malleus: …What!?

Ortho: Uooooooo!!

Chief: Cease cannon fire! All ships, prepare for Malleus's counterstrike and activate your invisible shields!

Operator A: …Ortho has now exceeded his power limit. System down, we don't have a signal!

Chief: …No!!

Head Engineer: Or-kun…!

(An alarm blares)

Operator A: We're receiving a transmission from the Charon Tetra Unit!

Charon: This is Tetra Unit reporting! We've discovered Ortho's body floating in the water around the domain! His body is very badly damaged, but his core is unharmed. We've also recovered all the analysis anchors from the water. We're now en route back to HQ.

Everyone: We did it!! Hooraaaaay!!

(Mr. and Mrs. Shroud hug and fall to the floor in relief)

Chief / Head Engineer: Haaaahhh….

Head Engineer: Good grief... I've said this before and I'll say it again, but even if I had a hundred hearts those boys would still leave me frazzled at the end of the day….

Chief: You know what? I gotta agree with you there, sweetheart….

Malleus: …Tsch. Damn those cunning little humans… No, it matters not. They can come back as many times as they like, be it a hundred times, a thousand times, and it will always end the same… I will remove any and all uninvited guests.

Episode 7-106

Ortho: Huh? Where am I…?

Head Engineer: You awake, Or-kun?

Ortho: Mom… Dad… I…

Head Engineer: Your Cerberus Gear was heavily damaged. All we managed to recover was your core and some of the surrounding parts around it. We lost both KB-RS units in the domain.

Ortho: I see… I wanted the three of us to make it back home together…

Head Engineer: They were good boys, huh. Listen, once we get rid of that domain, I'm sure we'll be able to recover their parts. And then mama will fix them up good as new.

Ortho: I'm so sorry, I know how hard you worked on them…

Head Engineer: What are you apologizing for!! All that matters is you're safe and sound. Welcome home, Or-kun.

Chief: Welcome home, Ortho. I'm so glad you made it back safely.

Ortho: Yeah, I'm glad to be home, too.

(The Shroud family hugs each other)

Ortho: Wait, I almost forgot! What about the anchors!?

Chief: They've all been recovered safely, you guys did an excellent job. Sytx's data processing department is firing all cylinders trying to analyze everything. There's multiple, complex layers of magic comprising Malleu's domain. The way it's interwoven, it reminds me of Test Subject F… Sorry, of the ancient spell that Grim has on him. Thanks to Briar Valley's assistance, we've at least been able to ascertain how the domain is constructed.

Ortho: Already!? That's great news!

Chief: Unfortunately, it's just the opposite.

Ortho: Wait, what do you mean?

Chief: We've determined that if Malleus Draconia himself does not break his spell voluntary, or if he is not eliminated, then we only have a 0.2% chance of destroying the domain from the outside.

Ortho: No…!

Head Engineer: Everything in that domain, even the laws of reality, is under Malleus's control. We could fire the most powerful magical cannons in the world at that barrier and fight our way inside, but as soon as you're in, you're powerless. We could maybe beat him if we take about 100,000 Cerberus Gear units with us…

Ortho: We probably wouldn't even need to fight him if we had that many units. He'd be too stunned to even move…

Head Engineer: Sounds like a good idea, right? But by the time I finish making that many auto-pilot units, his domain will have likely enveloped the whole world by then.

Chief: We have a couple of other concerns, as well. The minds of all those people asleep on Sage's Island, they're all trapped within Malleus's magical barrier. And according to our analyses, we've discovered they're all currently "dreaming".

Ortho: Dreaming…? You mean the illusionary phenomenon humans experience when in REM sleep?

Head Engineer: Correct. His magic is tricking them into believing that what they're seeing in those dreams is real. It almost works like the Lethe River system, in a way. So if we go in guns a-blazing and try to destroy the barrier, we just might end up destroying everyone's minds along with it.

Ortho: I get it… It's like the domain is one huge server. And that means… Pretty much our only option is to try and convince Malleus-san to bring down the domain himself and let everybody go.

Part 2

Part 3

#twst spoilers #twst #twisted wonderland #twst jp #malleus draconia #idia shroud #twst silver #sebek zigvolt #ortho shroud #the ruler of the abyss #twst book 7

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phoebepheebsphibs · 2 months

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You’ve been spore’d!!

(No pressure to respond!)

(The way I screamed with excitement when I saw this ask)

Donnie's biggest fear....

It's gonna get spoopy

SPOOPERS

Anyways uh spoiler alert i guess teehee

@tmntaucompetition @boots-with-the-fur-club

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paper-lilypie · 1 year

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behold!! The muses!!!

from @starrspice’s absolutely BRILLIANT au, have the music gods themselves and my own take on their pretty pretty colors

This Y/N is a complete gem and 100% should be allowed to curse out the gods without consequence. Who knows what lies ahead for this poor sucker (spoiler alert: it’s love teehee)

#fnaf #five nights at freddys #fnaf muse au #GO YELL AT STARR ALL ABOUT IT #ITS GREAT #SLOW BURN ENEMIES TO LOVERS LETS GOOOO #fanart #sun x reader #moon x reader

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wanderersbell · 1 year

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illusions beneath the soil

wanderer x gn!reader

genre: angst, fluff

warnings: spoilers for scara’s backstory, this boy is TRAUMATIZED, nightmare, brief mention of blood/surgical tools, mentions of death

word count: 2712

✧.* a/n: i decided to do a little something i haven't done before, so you might notice that the way i refer to scara switches at certain points in the story 👀 i wanted to play around with his other names as he reconnects with different memories from the past, probs won’t do this again but just thought it might be kinda neat teehee. enjoy!

it’s cold and lonely, laying on the ground in front of this tree. the roots are long, abnormally so, and they snake around his limbs tightly, holding him down and pulling him into the earth. he’s not sure where he is, but he’s confident that it’s a dream when he notices the red hue of the sky, like an ocean of blood hanging overhead.

the dark purple leaves of the tree sway above him in a way that’s almost dizzying, and scaramouche drops his head forward in an attempt to get his vision to stop swimming while the branches tug him deeper into the ground.

part of him wants to panic as his head begins to sink into the soil, but another part of him feels calm, almost serene. as soon as the crimson view of the sky is out of sight, the feeling of cold earth around him disappears and all he can feel is a hard flat surface underneath him.

pushing himself to his knees, scaramouche finds himself in some sort of pitch black void. the only light source is a sharp sliver of light a few feet in front of him, coming from seemingly nowhere. the sound of movement startles him into alertness and when he squints against the dark, a tall figure starts to stand out, walking slowly towards him.

“isn’t this what you wanted?” the voice asks him calmly, almost airily. it sounds familiar, so much so that he freezes and strains to listen. it tugs on a part of his mind that he hasn’t acknowledged in many years and for a moment, he feels like the naive, inexperienced version of himself from long ago.

“i did this for you,” the voice is soft and even, but carries an edge of anger directed towards him that fills his stomach with dread. “you should be grateful.”

approaching the shaft of light that cuts through the void, their feet reach the light first, and then their legs. when the lower part of their body fully comes into view, he notices they have something grasped tightly in their hand.

a bloody, still beating heart.

he realizes who it is all at once, and the shock leaves his limbs cold and numb.

“niwa,” he chokes out, eyes widening in horror as the man’s face comes into view. he looks the same as scaramouche remembers, broad and delicate with the aura of a leader—but now there’s a deep sort of disgust on his face as he looks down at the puppet he once considered family.

the heart in niwa’s hand pulsates faintly, drops of blood dripping down and splattering onto the floor by his feet. a wave of nausea rolls through him then, and he has to reach up and cover his mouth as a heave wracks his body.

“kabukimono,” niwa says sharply. “was this not enough for you? a heart of your very own?”

scaramouche shakes his head and tries swallowing down the lump in his throat. “no- i…”

“no?” the man repeats somewhat incredulously. “it wasn’t? what more could you possibly want?”

he shakes his head again, mouth opening and closing helplessly as he fails to find words. the confusion and anguish he felt in tatarasuna so many years ago, when escher had informed him of niwa’s betrayal, pierced his chest like a hot knife.

it feels like he’s back there again, standing brokenly in front of the malfunctioning furnace while a blackened box drops from his charred fingers. it should have hurt, should have made him wince and grit his teeth, but he felt nothing. all of the pain was inside, buried deep in his being.

how could he do this? the kabukimono thought sadly. i thought we were…

“family.” he whispers out loud, staring up at the man in front of him through teary eyes. “we were family.”

niwa raises a brow at this, mouth curling into a sardonic smile. “were we really? are you so sure?”

he knows this version of niwa is only a figment of his imagination, a false memory he’d been fed that haunted him for far too long. a lie. but it hurts all the same, to see someone he had once loved so dearly giving him such a cruel, cold smile.

“yes,” he exhales shakily, willing his voice not to waver. “and it’s not true. you didn’t- you wouldn’t-“ he chokes down a sob.

“you never betrayed me.”

it was niwa’s very heart inside of that box escher had given him that saved the kabukimono from the resentful smoke in the fire that day. the purity, the courage, the love that lived within him up until his last moments had shielded him from the wrath of the fire that threatened to corrupt him.

he took him in, taught him everything he knew, treated him like everyone else even when he was so sure he would never fit in with humans because of his identity.

niwa would never betray him.

so why, then, did he believe the vile man who fed him the lie in the first place?

was he truly so disheartened by getting dismissed at tenshukaku when he went by boat for help? was he truly so weak? he should’ve doubted the man, been able to see the blatant lie before him.

“i shouldn’t have believed him,” the kabukimono whispers to the towering figure of his friend who grins down at him with a frightening malice the real niwa never had. “you never would’ve done this, why did i believe him?”

the small patter of footsteps approaching behind him has the puppet whipping his head around to watch as a second, much smaller figure runs into the light.

“it’s you,” he says breathlessly as the little boy he had once lived with stands before him. he’s expecting to see the smile he always had on his face, but instead, he’s met with wet eyes and trembling lips.

“why couldn’t you save me?” the boy murmurs, and the kabukimono notices that he still looks deathly ill, just as he had the last time he saw him. his body is frail, his cheeks are sunken in and his eyes dull and hollow.

the ratty charred doll swinging from his left hand triggers another wave of memories that wrap tightly around his neck and knock the air out of his lungs.

he tried. he tried so hard to care for the boy, to cure his sickness and stay by his side. in the end, there was no winning against fate when it made its final call.

“i-i’m sorry…” the kabukimono chokes out, tears beginning to fall from his eyes and down his cheeks in fat droplets. his face is twisted up in distress, body shaking pitifully as gravity seems to weigh him down more than usual.

the boy sniffles and coughs weakly, lifting a shaking hand to wipe at his wet nose. “why couldn’t you? you promised we’d stay together.”

why couldn’t he?

why did he believe him? why couldn’t he save him? why couldn’t he protect the people he loved?

was it because he lacked a heart, or was it because he just wasn’t worthy of having a family? what right does he have to try to belong with humans when he couldn’t even save the ones that mattered to him?

“what a riveting show.” a sinister, bemused voice cuts in. scaramouche’s entire body freezes and his stomach jumps into his throat, dread and fear prickling at his skin.

slow, steady clapping fills the air as a third figure approaches the puppet who slowly tilts his head to the side and watches with horror filled eyes as the one who caused it all stops before him.

dottore has a wicked grin on his lips as he takes in the scene, the top half of his face hidden by his beaked mask. “a lovely reunion indeed, if i do say so myself.”

the clapping subsides and scaramouche’s eyes follow as the harbinger slips a hand into his pocket and pulls out an item that sets his nerves ablaze.

the electro gnosis.

that’s mine, he thinks helplessly, too grief stricken to speak out loud, too overwhelmed by the paralyzing memories.

“what’s wrong? aren’t you happy to see this?” dottore mocks cruelly, shaking the gnosis around under the light so it glints and reflects into the darkness.

scaramouche’s eyes don’t follow it though, gaze fixed on nothing under the onslaught of emotions flooding into him. he doesn’t need to breathe, but he still feels like he’s suffocating as the cold icy hands of the past clutch at him tightly.

he can feel the ghost of needles and blades piercing his skin from the endless experiments he endured at the hands of the harbinger, and it’s almost unbearable. he lived, but only because he couldn’t die. it was painful, so painful he doesn’t know how he managed to push through it.

the furious glower from niwa, the tear stained confusion from the boy, the satisfied smirk from dottore—the three figures step forward slowly and close in on the puppet where he’s glued to the floor, surrounding him until he knows there’s no way out.

“i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry,“ scaramouche rushes out, the words leaving him in a panic. “i should’ve been stronger, i should’ve known better, i should’ve-“ he cuts himself off.

“i never should’ve been born at all.” he sobs, shoulders and head dropping weakly.

if i just never existed, the puppet thinks blearily. if they just hadn’t known me…

but even then, their fates would not be any different. he knows, because he tried. he threw himself into the flow of irminsul and wished himself away without a second thought so that everyone he killed could be saved.

but such a thing wasn’t possible.

there is no changing what has already happened. those who died will still die, and those who lived will remain. history may be able to rewrite itself, but the sequences of fate will not budge.

“you’re allowed to forgive yourself, y’know?” a warm, familiar voice fills his head. your voice.

“but i don’t deserve it.” scaramouche responds meekly, gaze falling to the floor. the three figures around him are still slowly surrounding him, but his attention never strays from the sound if you in his head as he remembers your words.

“you’ve been given a special opportunity to start over, to redefine yourself.” his eyes widen at this as realization settles into him. “you shouldn’t let yourself spend another lifetime believing lies.”

that’s right.

the things that happened to him, the things he did because of it—they no longer define him. this is a new life, one where he could keep moving forward. he had loved, lost, and learned. he may not ever be able to forgive himself, but he sure isn’t going to pity himself any longer.

snapping his eyes back up to the harbinger that stands only centimeters away, tall and menacing, scaramouche wills his trembling brows into a frown and grits his teeth.

“you have no right to speak to me, vile scum.” he spits.

dottore tsks and dangles the gnosis in front of the puppet’s face. “that’s certainly no way to talk to somebody who turned you into a god, shouldn’t you be-“

“you used me,” scaramouche reminds him, snatching the gnosis out of his hand and throwing it as far as he could manage into the void behind him. “i’m done playing your games.”

the figure of dottore fades in and out for a moment, like it’s struggling to remain present. “haven’t you learned by now? you’re only useful as a pawn. you can’t save anyone, they’ll leave you no matter what.”

scaramouche shakes his head. “they didn’t leave. you killed them.“

the harbingers image momentarily flickers to escher before returning to normal, and the puppet clenches his hands into fists. the one who murdered niwa, the one who caused the curse to grow out of proportion and spread the illness that took the boy, the one who used his body for worthless research, scaramouche can hardly stand to look at him.

“your words mean nothing to me now.” he hisses, trying not to show how much he struggles to get the words out of his mouth. “get out of my sight.”

chest heaving, scaramouche squeezes his eyes shut. when he opens them again, the dark space around him is almost blindingly white, and dottore is nowhere to be found.

niwa and the boy are still at his sides, but instead of their upset expressions from before, they stare down at him fondly, almost proudly.

the warm, gentle familiarity in niwa’s eyes and the reassuring smile from the boy set loose another wave of emotions, but this time, they’re ones of relief and guilt.

“i’m sorry,” he whispers for the nth time, voice trembling.

“you have nothing to apologize for.” niwa shakes his head and reaches a hand out and rests it on top of scaramouche’s head, the way he always had when the puppet carried out a task successfully or said something that made the group laugh fondly.

“but i shouldn’t have left the island-“

“you couldn’t have known.” the man insists. “not even i knew until it was already too late. he took advantage of all of us, but you’re the only one who still lives on and has to remember such a horrible event. cut yourself some slack.”

before he can respond, the boy, looking much stronger now, walks over to stand beside the man and lifts a tiny arm to wipe at the tears slipping down scaramouche’s cheeks. his hand is warm and soft against his skin, a touch far more delicate than he’s used to receiving.

“it’s okay,” the boy reassures him. “you tried your best, you did everything you could.”

“i wish i could’ve done more.” he admits quietly. always having been much too wise for his age, the boy nods in understanding.

“and i wish the world had been kinder to you.” his smile almost looks sad for a moment, but it’s gone as soon as it appeared when niwa places his other hand on top of the child’s head and ruffles his hair.

another wave of tears spill from scaramouche’s eyes. sitting here, with the memory of some of the most important people he had in his life showing him forgiveness and kindness, he thinks that maybe, someday, even he could learn to forgive himself.

but memories are fleeting things, and the images before him slowly start to grow transparent. stay, he wants to tell them. don’t leave me again.

but he can’t bring himself to be selfish in this moment, not when he was so sure he would never see them again. as their hands become featherlight and they begin to fade away, he gives them his best attempt at a smile, trying to convey the words he can’t find within him.

and then he’s alone again.

the wanderer wakes with a shaky inhale, eyes snapping open to darkness. this time, though, it’s a darkness that he recognizes.

as the tension in his body melts and the racing thoughts in his head slow to a trickle, he notices your arms wrapped securely around him just as they had been when the two of you fell asleep only hours before.

he remembers your voice in his dream, how the things you had said to him on a night previously when he had told you about his past came back to him when he needed to hear them again. he remembers niwa, the boy, dottore.

his eyes are wet, and he realizes he must have been crying in his sleep. as his vision adjusts to the light, he squints to make out your features and finally feels the remnants of the dream leave his mind. your features are slack and peaceful, breathing rhythmic and even as you sleep soundly.

safe. he’s safe.

trying to ignore the pathetic way his chest swells with warmth, the wanderer ducks forward to tuck his head under your chin and grips your shirt in his hands as he presses as closely to you as possible, letting the rest of his tears soak into the fabric.

“thank you.” he mumbles into the silence.

#favoniuslibrary #astronetwrk #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact #wanderer x reader #scaramouche x reader #kunikuzushi x reader #wanderer #scaramouche #kunikuzushi

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pinned post: writing

spoiler alert: most of it is about the devil guy

my take on Raphael is very whimsical and indulgent; I like to highlight his flaws (pride, namely) and his weird idiosyncrasies. I generally write him with some more borderline taboo proclivities and as a bit of a fetishist because, to me, that's decadent and indulgent and the height of whimsy and core of his character. my Tav, meanwhile, is also very prideful, but she's extremely self-aware and in her own head about it all the time. she finds Raphael pathetic and endearing and incredible; Raphael finds her to be his perfect vice. they're absolutely apeshit about each other in everything I write and they're both big time switches

asks open || prompt fill requests are more than welcome if you wanna see what I come up with

fic links below (all explicit, please heed the tags when you get there):

who will burn who: a university AU in which Professor Raphael and his favorite student have a Mutually Pleasurable Arrangement (read: he gets her off during his class and she gives him her underwear which he then enjoys thoroughly)

teeter: an exploration of Raphael and Tav in Act III and how they're far too proud to admit their feelings for one another, even when things escalate and become extremely sexually charged between them

I won't speak of love: a oneshot focusing on Tav's indecision and dislike for playing the hero, where her time with Raphael is the only thing that makes her feel normal and in control of something for once

your pout or your fist: a VERY silly pre-relationship oneshot in which Raphael taunts Tav with a portrait of himself and Haarlep in Tav's likeness and she gets extremely salty and horny about it

Indulgences: a theatrical and dramatic oneshot where Raphael and Tav enjoy a little priest and confessor punishment roleplay teehee

tomorrow means nothing: a white lotus AU where Raphael is a hitman and Tav is a pretty young thing who can't stop running into him on vacation

debasement: this one is feet. I wasn't kidding about the fetishist thing. but it's not about the feet, it's about the indulgent whimsy of it all and how Tav embraces it and indulges him in turn. give it a shot I swear it's actually really fun

other stuff:

if the shoe fits: a lil Astarion x Tav fic that was literally just an excuse to put a pretty man in a corset and thigh-high boots and write about him using said boots in extremely explicit ways

tumblr-exclusive ficlets:

reflection (my Eris x Raph)

hold your applause (potatocrisp's Zarra x Raph)

anyway, hope you enjoy!

you can find me on twitter and ao3 at the same @.

#raphael bg3 #raphael x tav #bg3 #laura's writing #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 raphael

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lyriumsings · 2 months

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the excuse of “it’s an adaptation of coURSE it’s not going to be perfect” is so funny to me as if one piece didn’t do MONUMENTALLY WELL bc it is a literal frame by frame copy of the source material and tbh that’s not even exactly what i wanted (mostly bc it’s impossible to achieve with atla in live action and it not look cringey and cheap as fuck) but it’s such a lazy excuse lmfao they had what? over 8 hours of content atla runs for the same time (actually even less if you take out the beginning and ending credits) so this excuse of cutting down for the sake of time is a joke. they had the time to do the proper plot points they chose not to for the sake of adding weird death scenes, weird clunky romances with sokka? and massacring the plot points. it felt like the people who made this show hated atla tbqh. like the only parts they liked were the “main quest parts” (spoiler alert damn near everything that happens in atla is relevant to the main plot down to katara’s fucking necklace and sokka’s boomerang) it feels like they didn’t know the source material at best and at worst straight up didn’t fucking care. None of the characters are true to their core traits, none of the arcs are treated with any kind of respect or even just the courtesy of basic coherence. i don’t understand how anyone who actually likes and understands atla can go “oh em gee it’s just bandwagon hate it was actually so good teehee” have some fucking standards for gods sake

#lyriumsings txt #i’m not saying you can’t like natla #but i don’t respect anyone who does DKAJDJSJ #it’s bad #katara alone and the absolute assassination of her character is just insane #and for what?? this low rent sokka??#fuck all the way off #natla #atla #ok i’m done talking about this show now #at least on here #lmao bc the willful ignorance of how bad this show is is astounding #avatar the last airbender #as if it’s simply people wanting a carbon copy #and not the fact that it’s been brUTALLY butchered to the point of being unrecognizable #like fuck the narrative #i could forgive the narrative if at least the characters were true to source #but it’s just so grossly shredded apart #idk call me crazy but i actually love this show #and wanted the live action to do well #and it was a monumental shit #and i have strong feelings about those 8 hrs ill never get back lmfao

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cherrirui-official · 5 months

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Messing around with smthn in the drafts, if you see me accidentally post smthn that looks incomplete no you dont

#putting this just in case I fumble the bag here bc i made the draft in pc but the images i want to add to it are on my phone sooo #yeah thats the context yall are getting art very VERY soon teehee :]#spoiler alert its friendlocke related sorry lol #nuls nonsense

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jupiter-nwn · 5 months

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Heyyyy friend! can you tell me about your favorite Dream headcanons please? :3

OMG OMG OMG OMG HAIIII HAI HAI

GOD GOD GOD YES YES YES!! I GET TO TALK ABOUT MY SILLY HEADCANONS!! (spoiler alert: they're not that silly, I love to watch Dream suffer in a blorbo way) Gonna put this under a read more cause holy damn it's getting long-

Before we start, I think it's kinda obvious at this point, considering I always use they/them for Dream, that I heavily headcanon them to be Non-binary; it makes a lot of sense to me! also to list off the self-indulgent headcanons, definitely AuDHD. Like Ink. Yeah. They're both ND as HELL, and also, since I LOVE it when people think of the sanses as having their creators' nationality + accent + knowing their languages; for me Dream's spanish, which is great cause I am spanish too! and I love Dream :3

(and also bc I think it's cute that both Cross and the twins can speak spanish following that headcanon, like they can gossip in secret teehee :3)

Now, to start, well, well, well, well... I feel like people don't play enough with the fact that Dream and Nightmare are basically just energy; like, Nightmare does use his appearance and properties to kinda scare people but he's also not the same NM under the tree, so it changes, but Dream tho!!

I wrote a oneshot once on AO3 where Dream's like very excited over very mundane technology for us, and Cross is the one to kinda explain to them how that works (and NM too, it was a wholesome platonic fic with Cross bonding with the twins), while Cross also takes note of all the very... magical qualities the twins have, fae-like even. It's kinda well-known that Core and Dream are good friends but for me, part of why they connect well is bc they're both in that strange cusp of "neither monster nor human; knowing a lot about this world but still struggling to connect with it on an organic level", bc of Dream's knowledge on the balance and energies and Core's--- whole thing.

Also, it is canon that Dream has a fear of owls bc they can turn their heads 180º and they have big eyes so Dream finds it spooky that they can always look at you, and I can't confirm if this is "100% canon" but I've been told that Dream's claustrophobic as well. Now, other things that I'd say would be hard triggers for Dream, well, people say apples could trigger them but personally? I think apples must be nostalgic to Dream, both bc Nightmare and also bc they represent their mom; I'd say Dream just gets rather extreme nostalgia around apples, probably not fond of ACTUALLY eating them tho lmao

Personally, I'd like to expand on the claustrophobia thing bc of course it'd remind them of their time as a statue, the small space with no way of connecting with the outside, that'd spook them, but I wanna expand it to them getting extremely anxious whenever they can't move in any way; so like, they heal fast bc of their healing abilities and durability but if they were to, idk, break a bone and need to lay in bed for a couple hours, that'd get them very very anxious. And that comes from both the statue and also a huge huge huge need to be "useful" and "productive". Dream was also abused before NM's corruption but their abuse was more like. Being forced to please the villagers and so and so; like, feeling less like themself and more like a tool to others.

But yeah, also while I said that apples wouldn't be a trigger in the sense of making them panic, fire surely is, since it burned the tree down and is very connected to the day of NM's corruption. Basically, I do think that they panic in a major way whenever there's a lot of fire around or something really smells like burning (so imagine the situation whenever Ink tries to cook something and forgets about it later smh) like, those memories of the Day Of Doom would come back FAST.

Also, going back on that time as a statue thing, I've written posts about this before but like, fanfics often end up describing Dream as having "perfect pearly white bones" and like, probably not!! my guy spent 493 years as a statue! stone chips and erodes! their bones probably have small flaws! nothing major, but they're probably imperfect like that!!

This is getting so long, I'm so sorry 😭, I'll just list off some other miscellaneous headcanons that don't need that much more explanation: Dream, again, has AuDHD, but also AvPD (since that includes a LOT of people-pleasing and self-deprecation); definitely a workaholic if I've ever seen one. Dream's canonically demi-aro and ace + implied to be pan (as in, said to not care about the gender of their partner/s, y'know) and I kinda share that but my self-indulgent side wants them to be ominsexual like me (in practice, they're still mspec, all good all good), I headcanon them super duper heavily to be non-binary, like, their gender isn't just "blank", but it's just nothing remotely CLOSE to "man" or "woman". I headcanon them to use they/them and ae/aer :3

And. Oh dear. Oh wow. That's a huge ramble ashjgbsjdfh!! but I mean, you did ask ME, The Dream Guy, to talk about Dream The Guy, so like, yyyyyyup yup yup. But still, I'M SO SORRY THIS IS SUCH A LONG POST 😭😭😭😭😭😭

My other headcanons end up being so self-indulgent and "ooc"-ish (smh they make sense in the context of them being other au's) that I didn't feel justified putting them in here cause they're not that justified either, some of my headcanons are just so random, like my headcanon that Killer plays the violin. Why? who knows!! not me!! I have no proof!! but!!

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